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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEmail from Kamala Harris to Biden supporters:
XXXXXX --
Im honored to be joining Joe Biden and this team in the fight for the soul of our country as his running mate. Its so great to meet you.
Im about to ask you to say youre in to do whatever it takes to win the White House this year, and then I hope youll let me introduce myself and tell you why Im so proud to be teaming up with Joe, and what drives me each day in our fight.
I'M ALL IN >>
My mom and dad, like so many other immigrants, came to this country for an education. Mom, from India. Dad, from Jamaica. And the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s brought them together.
That spirit of activism is why my mom, Shyamala, would always tell my sister and me, Dont just sit around and complain about things. Do something.
Thats why I became a District Attorney and fought to fix a broken system from within. Why I served as Californias Attorney General. Why Im proud to represent my state as a U.S. Senator. And its why, today, Im humbled to be joining Joe Biden in the battle to defeat Donald Trump and build a country that lives up to our values of truth, equality, and justice.
Ive never been more ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work -- but Joe and I will need you in our corner too, XXXXXX. Which is why Im asking you to commit to being in this fight alongside me:
Are you in to do whatever it takes to win the White House this year? Joe and I may be the names at the top of the ticket, but the fight to restore the soul of our nation -- the values we cherish and the truths we hold -- will be won or lost by all of us. We need you with us:
I'M ALL IN >>
I know that winning this race will be a tougher challenge than any Ive faced in my lifetime, but make no mistake, XXXXXX: Im not afraid of Donald Trump. Ive been standing up to Trump and people like him for my entire career. He doesnt scare me.
Hes tried to rip health care away from Americans, but Ive fought to defend the Affordable Care Act.
He founded a for-profit college that scammed students out of their dreams, and I sued for-profit schools to hold them accountable.
Hes a serial predator. Ive spent my career putting them away.
Hes given tax breaks to big corporations, but I won $25 billion for homeowners across California whod been defrauded. I took on that fight alongside my dear friend, Beau Biden. Beau was a good man, and he left us far too soon. But I got to see him practice what his dad had taught him: Dignity and decency -- and putting your family and your country above everything else.
Donald Trump thinks this country belongs to him. But Joe Biden knows it belongs to all of us. To the people. Together, the people are going to take it back -- but only if every single person on this team steps up to join Joe Biden and me in our campaign:
Say youre in to join Joe Biden and me in the fight for an America that works on behalf of all its people. I couldn't be prouder to be joining the ticket today as the Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee, and were counting on you to be a part of this race too.
Yours in the fight,
Kamala
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)You're helping bring the Democrats together........which is something we very much need.
cilla4progress
(24,772 posts)HOW FRICKIN' EXCITED WE ALL ARE OUT HERE FOR HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)I didn't expect to have such an emotional reaction to these words from her.
I can hardly wait to see her in action!